Artist description While many bands focus on breaking into already existing genres by marketing a specific sound (be it punk, hard rock, country, "alternative," etc.) Emergent Evolution has continued to strive for existence outside of the known norms and boundaries. Many souls have tried to describe their sound and have ultimately come to the same conclusion: "You just have to see them live and decide for yourself." Some have called them a jam band, some have called them a progressive rock band, others have noted their funk roots and jazz-fusion tendencies, while others point out the classical themes that run through songs that might even fall under the folk category. One thing amidst this menagerie of music is clear-EE's is a sound that defies pigeon-holing; their songs continue to emerge off from the typical rock and roll evolutionary scale.While drawing from many of music's rich traditions, Emergent Evolution's primary goal has been to fuse together higher COMPOSITION and IMPROVISATION. This ideal, in its ultimate form, would be to imagine Bach playing his genius pieces with the wandering spirit of John Coltrane. Emergent Evolution may be the meeting of The Beatles and The Grateful Dead; perhaps they are the product of Pink Floyd marrying Phish.

Music Style Imagine, if you will: Miles Davis travels to Brazil where he meets Emerson, Lake and Palmer for a concert of Steely Dan doing Moe covers. The whole event is hosted by Frank Zappa who will only speak to the crowd using Neil Young Lyrics. After the show, they all drink Mescal and go disco dancing to the Funkadelic.

Musical Influences The members of EE visualize themselves as conduits brought together to bring The Collective musical experiences of their varied approaches into each concert; they perform as individual fingers working together as one hand to boldly attempt an improvisational spirit-catching adventure. It's a Rock History book looked at through a time-warp kaleidoscope allowing the members of EE to work their cooperative ears together so that any moment of any song during any show may launch their compositionally-based pieces off into higher impromptu space. At the dawning of a new millennium, Emergent Evolution's secondary goal is to act as a fulcrum point fusing together rock's many traditions and pushing them all forward into the next century-they wish to walk where there is no path and leave the proverbial trail behind. Safety is stagnancy: don't play what you know-reach for what you don't.

Similar Artists How would it sound if Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, Neil Young and Phish all melted their sound together?

Group Members Mark Berglund (vocals & guitar)Jason Hedrington (claviers & vocals)Todd Patnaude (guitar & vocals)Mike Subjin (bass)Ben Wieczorek (drums & percussion)

Albums Emergent Evolution (c)2000

Press Reviews "Sounds like a bar band on Mars" -Rob O'Keefe, Borders Music and Books"The Lehigh Valley's best original jam band" -Phil Stahl, WXLV, 90.3 FM"This is a really, really good album." -Brother Joel, WZZO 95.1 FM"A beautiful set...I almost cried." -Tim Wayne, Tim Wayne and Friends Productions"I never had music take me to that level before...a near-orgasmic experience." -K.S., now a devoted fan

Location Bethlehem, PA - USA

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